Comparison Between Impact Printer and Non-Impact Printer

Comparison Between Impact Printer and Non-Impact Printer

Impact Printers

An impact printer makes contact with the paper. It usually forms the print image by pressing an inked ribbon against the paper using a hammer or pins. Following are some examples of impact printers dot-matrix printer, daisy-wheel printer, Line printers, drum printer, chain printer, band printer.

Non-impact Printers

Non-impact printers do not use a striking device to produce characters on the paper; and because these printers do not hammer against the paper they are much quieter. Following are some non-impacted printers Ink-jet printers and laser printer.

We summarized all the differences between impact printer and non-impact printer regarding to their features

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Descriptions

Impact printer – Produces text and images when tiny wire pins on print head strike the ink ribbon by physically contacting the paper